Pamela Hart Launches Digging Up Dirt plus June New Release Round Up
In this special edition of Writes4Women Pam hosts the launch of Digging Up Dirt by best-selling author Pamela Hart recorded at Berkelouw's Leichhardt on June 10.
Pamela has written across many genres, as Pamela Freeman and Pamela Hart, including biography, epic fantasy, children’s, poetry, crime fiction, historical and now cozy mystery. Digging Up Dirt is a change of genre for Pamela but there are many common threads with her previous books, in particular a protagonist who refuses to go down without a fight.
The launch is in the second half of the podcast, after Pam's writing news and new release round up. As the launch was recorded live there are a few sound glitches but nothing that should impede your enjoyment of this fabulous event.
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Fact into Fiction in The Warsaw Orphan with Kelly Rimmer
Kelly Rimmer is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and worldwide best-selling author of contemporary and historical fiction, including The Secret Daughter, The Things We Cannot Say and Truths I Never Told You.
In this Craft of Writing episode, Kelly joins Pam on The Convo Couch to discuss turning fact into fiction in The Warsaw Orphan, a gripping - gruelling at times - but compelling read.
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May New Release Feature Author: Karly Lane, Take Me Home
This month's New Release Feature Author on Writes 4 Women is Karly Lane.
Karly is an author of rural and women's fiction. She lives on the beautiful mid coast of New South Wales in a valley her family has called home for five generations. Karly currently has 17 novels published with Allen & Unwin with an 18th due for release this December.
Karly's 17th novel, Take Me Home, which came out this month, was inspired by her own recent journey through beautiful, mysterious Scotland. Karly is this month's new release feature author, and we chat r about her publishing career, her evolution as a writer , her process and her new novel Take Me Home.
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Pilyara Press: An Independent Publishing Cooperative with Jennifer Scoullar
Jennifer Scoullar joins Pam on The Convo Couch.
Jennifer is a well-loved Australian author and founder of Pilyara Press, a trail-blazing group of Australian writers who have come together to form the publishing cooperative Pilyara Press, a multi-skilled team to galvanise a new vision of how publishing can be done. It’s a wonderful example of authors taking control, of their publishing careers.
And a podcast and writing update from Pam, including writing software recommendations, giveaway news and more.
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The Heart of Writing: Authenticity and Truth with Amal Awad
My guest today on The Convo Couch for this month's Heart of Writing episode is Amal Awad. Amal is a journalist, author, screenwriter, and performer.
Amal's new book In My Past Life I Was Cleopatra is a work of non-fiction that delves into the world of new age self-help and spirituality. She's also writing her next novel, The Things We See In The Light, due for release this year, and she has produced a deck of cards, The Creative Compass to inspire and motivate creatives.
It's Amal's obvious passion for and dedication to her writing and life in general that prompted me to invite her to be a guest on this Heart of Writing episode.
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Going Deeper: Writing Deep Point of View with Lisa Hall-Wilson
Today’s guest on the convo couch is Lisa Hall-Wilson. Lisa is an award-winning author and mentor.
Lisa runs fabulous online classes on writing in Deep POV which is where Pam first came across Lisa a few years back.She is an amazing and generous mentor and her teaching and feedback helped Pam write the deep level of pov she managed to achieve in her 2019 novel Cross My Heart.
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Meredith Jaffé: The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison
This month’s New release Feature Author is Meredith Jaffé talking about her new release The Dressmakers of yarrandarrah Prison, a funny, dark and moving novel about finding humanity, friendship and redemption in unexpected places.
"Overflowing with humour and heart. Meredith Jaffé takes a fabulous premise – that of a group of male prisoners making a wedding dress for one of the inmate’s daughters – and weaves it into a tale of friendship and fun, as well as a journey of discovery about what matters most in life. If you like a story about misfits making good, but with the added lustre of silk and satin, then this book is for you.”
Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of THE PARIS SECRET
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Your Author Website with Michelle Barraclough
Welcome to this week's Business of Writing episode.
Today's guest is Michelle Barraclough.
Michelle's double degree in business and arts, majoring in literature and marketing, led her not only down the writing path, but she has also run her own business, written a long-running blog on parenting and is now the marketing manager for Storyfest, a fabulous writers festival on the New South Wales South Coast.
Michelle also designs websites, specialising in authors at Fresh Web Design - and also designed the Writes4women website. In this episode Pam and Michelle do a deep dive into websites for authors.
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First Page to First Draft with Rachael Johns
In this Craft of Writing Episode Pam talks to best-selling Australian author Rachael Johns about transforming her initial ideas into a first draft.
Pam and Rachael have a shared mania for stocking their shelves with books on writing craft and, having compared notes about their respective writing processes, pretty much agree they don’t know what they are! All this prompted Pam to invite Rachael onto the podcast to try and pin down what her process is for getting from that first seed of an idea to the end of a first draft.
So listen in while Rachael and Pam compare notes on The Convo Couch.
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The Magical Heart of Writing with Tabitha Bird
Tabitha Bird writes Magical Realism and has just released her second novel The Emporium of the Imagination.
Tabitha has written in her blog about her own experience of childhood trauma and how writing and creativity have provided a healing space for her. She's an accomplished artist and has fabulous brilliantly coloured images on her @tab.bird Insta page.
She posts very honest posts on Instagram about self-love and creativity, making her the perfect guest for a Heart of Writing episode.
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March New Release Feature Author - Alli Sinclair, The Codebreakers
Welcome to the March New Release Author episode featuring Alli Sinclair.
Alli’s books explore history, culture, love and grief, and relationships between family, friends and lovers. She captures the romance and thrill of discovering old and new worlds, and loves taking readers on a journey of discovery. Her most recent books include Burning Fields, The Cinema at Starlight Creek and her brand new release The Codebreakers which we’ll be chatting about today.
In this ep Pam also chats about what she's been reading and share some great new releases for the month of April.
To listen to more of Pam's chat with Alli and hear Alli's answer to the Four Curly Questions join the Writes4Women Patreon Community and receive the monthly extended editions.
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Being a Dream Author with Sophie Hannah
A bumper edition Heart, Craft and Business of Writing episode featuring Sophie Hannah.
Sophie is a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling writer of crime fiction published in 49 languages and 51 territories. Her books have sold millions of copies worldwide.
She's also the founder of Dream Author a transformative coaching program for writers, which is where Pam first discovered Sophie and her many talents. In this episode Sophie talks about literary diagnostics, writing a gnocchi draft, creating a mindset for success and being your own advocate in the world of publishing.
Sophie's latest novel is Haven't They Grown, a psychological thriller with a seemingly impossible mystery at its heart.
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Writing Dual Timelines and Multiple Points of View with Vanessa McCausland
Vanessa McCausland’s stories always feature a mystery and intrigue of some kind, and her last two novels The Lost Summers of Driftwood and The Valley of Lost Stories also explore the many issues women confront in their day to day lives.
The Valley of Lost Stories is a beautifully told story set in the Capertee Valley, west of Sydney and features not only multiple viewpoints but a dual timeline.
This episode of Writes4Women is brought to you by Tanya Nellestein and her exciting new novel The Valkyries’ Viking, so stay tuned at the end of the chat with Vanessa to find out more about Tanya’s book and to hear an excerpt.
Head to the Blogs and Giveaways page to be in the running to win a copy of The Valkyrie’s Viking
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The Heart of Writing: Deborah Rodriguez, author of The Moroccan Daughter
This week’s Heart of Writing guest is Deborah Rodriguez, author of the international bestseller The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul.
Her new book, The Moroccan Daughter, is a modern story of forbidden love, secrets and family told across four different women and takes readers from the alleyways of the ancient medina in Fès to a marriage festival in the Atlas Mountains.
In this episode Pam chats to Deb about The Moroccan daughter, her life as an author and the people and projects that provide her inspiration.
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The Business of Writing: Zoe Lea on Instagram for Authors
In this Business of Writing episode, Pam talks to UK thriller author Zoe Lea who has over ten thousand followers on Instagram.
Zoe Lea is a novelist, journalist, storyteller and creative. Zoe has a wonderful blog on writing and the writing life and her Instagram page is filled with gorgeous images of The Lakes District, and amazing book photos taken in the beautiful setting just outside her window. In this episode Zoe shares her thoughts of how authors can approach instagram .
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Anatomy of a Novel: Writing Fantasy with Sam Hawke
In this Anatomy of a Novel episode guest host Jo Riccioni talks to Fantasy Author Sam Hawke author of The City of Lies and the second book in the Poison Wars series, the recently released The Hollow Empire.
Sam is a winner of Australia's premier genre prize the Aurealis Award, plus two Ditmar Awards and joint-winner of the Norma K. Hemming Award for excellence in exploring issues of gender, race, disability and class in SFF. Her work features the best ingredients for a superb fantasy series: war, mystery, betrayal, and magic.
Jo Riccioni is a Sydney based author whose first novel The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store won the fiction category of the International Rubery Award for 2015 in the UK. Jo has now turned her hand to writing Fantasy with The Branded Season, a novel with all the romance, conflict and quick-fire narrative pace expected by readers of the genre.
And if you’re a Fantasy lover make sure you click the link to enter our Sam Hawke Book Pack Giveaway
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February New Release Feature Author: Esther Campion, A Week to Remember
This month's Feature Author is Esther Campion and her new release is A Week to Remember, published by Hachette Australia.
Esther is originally from Cork, Ireland and currently lives in north-west Tasmania. Esther’s debut novel Leaving Ocean Road , published in July 2017, is a story set across the landscapes of Greece, Ireland and small-town coastal Australia and follows the life of Ellen O’Shea as she struggles to deal with her husband’s death. The sequel to Leaving Ocean Road, The House of Second Chances was published in 2019 and her new release, out this week, A Week to Remember, is a stand alone but features some of the characters we came to love in the first two books.
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Saying No! to Fear with Holly Ringland
In this Heart of Writing episode Pam talks to best-selling author Holly Ringland about dealing with fear and pushing through to get words on the page.
Holly is an Australian author whose beautiful debut novel, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart catapulted her to literary stardom. Having first wanted to be a writer at the age of 3, it took another 34 years for her first novel to be published and she soon went on to become an international success.
Holly posts wonderfully honest posts on Instagram about her writing life and process, and joins Pam to discuss the writing of her second novel and in particular, this whole heart of writing issue.
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All About Revision with Joanna Nell & Pamela Cook
In this first Craft of Writing episode for 2021 Pam settles in on The Convo Couch to discuss the revision process with fellow author Joanna Nell.
Jo and Pam are members of the same writing group, The Inkwell, and have both recently finished revisions on novels. In this indepth chart on the topic they share tips on their writing processes, revision in particular, and use examples from their books to illustrate their techniques.
The episode is also out on youtube if you'd prefer to watch, and you can find screenshots of the examples Jo and Pam give in the accompanying blog post with before and after examples from their recent books, on the Writes4Women website here.
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Joanna Penn, Your Author Business Plan
Welcome to the first Business of Writing Episode for 2021.
Today Pam chats to indie fiction author, podcaster and creative entrepreneur Joanna Penn about her latest book, Your Author Business Plan.
Joanna is an award nominated New York times and USA today best-selling thriller author under the name J. F. Penn. She also writes nonfiction for authors and is widely known for her brilliant podcast, The Creative Penn, which has been downloaded over 4 million times in 220 countries. She's also turned her love of travel into a newish podcast called Books and Travel and spent 13 years as a business IT consultant in large corporates across the globe before becoming a full-time author entrepreneur in September, 2011.
Your Author Business Plan contains so much great advice this is an episode you will not want to miss whether you're trad or indie published.
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